[3.5] Just Play Sunder - Work In Progress

Intro:

This guide is for new players.

Unlike some of my other guides aimed at intermediate/advanced players this guide is specifically aimed at newer players. This is to help people get acclimated to PoE and experience the game while playing a straightforward ability and simply hit stuff.

If you're like me, you learn by doing and want to get doing as soon as possible. This guide will get you in the game quickly and interested readers can read a comprehensive explanation of how and why everything in this build works together.

Is this build a good at bosses? Can it do all content? Is it expensive? Can I league start with it? Is it good for a new player? What about gear?

Sunder is the one of the best skills for beginners. It is simple and powerful and most consider it the gold standard for new players. This guide will cover how to make a simple sunder character and even cover how to transition the build into others (with simple skill gem swapping).

Rare. Tombfists are great for late game but it's just another slot to fill in Life and Resists.

Stats to look for (if you're using a rare): Life > Resists > Attack SpeedNOTE: No glove enchant is really worth mentioning here. Feel free to use a base like Spiked Gloves for the extra increased damage.

Belt

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Belt of the Deceiver. Great overall cheap unique belt that gives us everything we're looking for. Could also consider rare Stygian Vise for the lategame.

Rare. 30 movespeed life and resists. Kaom's Roots can be great if you can get used to the leapslam playstyle.

Stats to look for (if you're using a rare): Movespeed > Life > Resists/Int > Open Prefix to craft Elemental Damage with Attacks

NOTE: Life/Mana leech enchant is a nice to have.

Amulet

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Carnage Heart. Great amulet for leech, res, and stats. A simple rare with life and resists works fine here as well. For big spenders "Gain as Extra" modifiers work very well with Sunder.

Stats to look for (if you're using a rare): Life > Resist > Elemental Damage to Attacks

Rings

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Rares. Life and resists. Nothing fancy here. Just get yourself some good resist and life and if you're a big spender get some flat physical damage in the implicit (Steel Ring) or as a roll on the ring itself.

Atziri's Promise. One of the best DPS flasks in the game. Works on your preconverted Physical Damage and your post-converted Elemental damage from things like Princess, Hatred, and any "Gain as Extra" you have managed to get in the build.

Don’t overlevel your gems. You need to keep these gems relatively low level because we want CWDT to proc at a lower life threshold. By keeping it low – it also limits what level of spell it can cast. Personally, I keep CWDT at level 1.

Leap Slam - Faster Attacks

Great mobility and gap crossing.

Lightning Golem

Gives attack and movespeed if you can afford to get the links.

Can be annoying to recast and keep up so try having a high level Cast When Damage Taken. Culling Strike, Blind, and/or Increased Item Rarity are good ways to get more value from your golem.

Ancestral Warchief Totem

More Melee Damage. Ancestral Protector for attack speed is great depending on your playstyle and Decoy Totem can be useful if you are fine on damage.